Brush holder



March 17, 1925. 1,530,180

T. W. HOLMES BRUSH HOLDER Filed Jan. '7, 1924 V zzw zz? 1 Patented Mar. 17, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TBIOMAS W. HOLMES, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO ARTHUR F. IBISI'IRI.

BRUSH HOLDER.

Application filed. January 7, 1924. Serial No. 684,754.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS W. HOLMES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Brush Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to brush holders and the like and more particularly to devices for holding shaving brushes. The invention is fully described in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device as applied to the underside of a shelf;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the device showing it adjusted by means of screws to a vertical wall and holding both a shaving brush and a tooth brush; and

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 of Fig. 2.

The device as illustrated is preferably made, up of a flat strip having a straight section 10, the strip then being bent substantiallyat right angles thereto forming a horizontal section 11 which is further bent up into a plane substantially parallel to the section 10 and forms a section 12 which is then bent back forming a lip 13 which overlies the section 11.

The lip 13 is separated from the section 11 a sufiicient amount to permit a shelf as 14 to pass therebetween, the pressure being sufficient to retain the device upon the shelf.

A pair of yieldable fingers 15 are secured to the lower end of the vertical section 10 and these are preferably curved outwardly near their points to permit of the ready insertion and removal ofthe handle 16 of a shaving brush or the like. 'As shown the fingers 15 consist of a single stri of metal or other suitable material clampe about the lower end of the portion 10 and within notches 17 therein. If desired, however,

these fingers may be secured in any other desired manner.

It will be understood from the foregoing that this device makes a very convenient holder for a shaving brush beneath the shelf 14 which if desired may be inside a medicine cabinet, as the fingers 15 do not project beyond the surface of the section 12. Thus the brush hangs back under the shelf 14 and is out of the way of the door, not shown, of the medicine cabinet.

The back portion 10 is also provided with holes 18 for screws 19 so that if desired the back portion 10 may be inserted fiat against the vertical wall by means of the screws 19. This permits the upper tongue portion 13 to serve as a holder for tooth brush 20 as shown in Fig. 2. In constructing this device it will be understood that any material suitable for this purpose may be employed.

This arrangement causes the brush to hang with the bristles down so as to cause moisture to run toward the outer ends of the bristles, and away from the inner ends so that there is less injury to the bristles from this cause.

While I have shown and described certain embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that it is capable of many modifications. Changes therefore in the construction and arrangement may be madewithout departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as disclosed in the appended claim, in whichit is my intention to claim all novelty inherent in my invention as broadly as possible in view of the prior art.

I claim:

As an article of manufacture a brush holder made from a flat strip of metal and having a straight vertically extending back section and bent substantially at ri ht angles thereto to form a forwardly extending horizontal section, and thence upwardly and rearwardly in spaced relation to said lastnamed section to provide a recess therebetween, and yieldable brush-grip ing members attached to the edge of sat back sec- .tion and extending forwardly therefrom in THOMAS w. HOLMES. 

